Holly Fields

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Holly Fields
Born (1976-10-11) October 11, 1976 (age 47)
Sacramento, California, United States
OccupationActress
Years active1987–present

Holly Fields (born October 11, 1976) is an American actress.

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Career

Fields was Molly Ringwald's understudy at age 7 in Through the Looking Glass. After touring the country in the national show, she joined the Broadway cast of Annie at age ten. She starred in many other shows, including the National Tour of A Christmas Carol as Tiny Tim for two years. Following success on stage, she transitioned to television, commercials and modeling. Fields, then age 13, was booked for the CBS pilot for CBS Summer Playhouse: Fort Figueroa (1988) [1] and starred alongside Charles Haid.

She then appeared in over 100 commercials and 40 TV shows and films by the end of 1990, including MacGyver , Charles in Charge , Charmed , Quantum Leap , and Growing Pains . For her extensive work during this time, she was presented with two Youth in Film awards for "Best Newcomer" and "Best Female Guest Star". [1]

Christopher Guest then cast her in The Big Picture (1989).

She discovered at an early age that she was able to copy voices, and after looping for others when asked, she became a professional voice match artist/looper. She voiced Cameron Diaz's voice and singing in over 60 projects, including Princess Fiona in Shrek . [1] Fields re-voiced stars such as Drew Barrymore, Kate Bosworth, Leslie Mann, Brittany Murphy, Paula Abdul, Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Hailee Steinfeld.

Fields starred in Wishmaster 2 , Seedpeople , and other horror films. She voiced Nadia Grell in the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic and appeared on The OC as Aunt Cindy, Julie Cooper's estranged sister.

In 2014 Fields appeared as a mentor in the reality TV show The Reel Deal alongside Eric Roberts, Don Wilson, Judy Norton, Dustin Diamond, and Tim Russ. The celebrities were paired with new actors, writers, directors and composers to make a movie in 4 days. [2] Fields

Fields sings with bands and does vocal work on albums, including three of her own. She was produced by Robbie Nevil and Joey Carbone and was given a record deal in Japan, where she tours.

She is the great granddaughter of Edward B. Gross, who was one of the founders of Cannery Row. She is grandniece of Slim Hawks and Howard Hawks.


Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 The Big Picture Daughter
Communion Prying Mantis Girl
1992 Seedpeople Kim Tucker
1997 First Encounter
1999Interceptor ForceLucy
1999Wishmaster 2Morgana Truscott
2001 Fishes Bambi
2004 Sunflower Rachael
Wild RoomiesHolly
2006 The Still Life Stephanie
The Iron Man Swedish Girl
2007Starting from ScratchKathy
2013Four SensesEsther

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Hard Copy Finny1 episode
Married... with Children Jenny1 episode
ABC Afterschool Specials Lisa Kirk1 episode
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse Michell Perry1 episode
It's Garry Shandling's Show Madeline1 episode
1989 MacGyver Jennifer Reiner, Crystal1 episode
Quantum Leap Jill1 episode
Falcon Crest Tami1 episode
A Brand New Life Tammy3 episodes
ALF Joanie1 episode
Dragnet Linda Randell1 episode

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Shrek 2 Activity Center: Twisted Fairy Tale Fun Princess Fiona
Shrek 2 Princess Fiona, Female Citizens [3]
Spider-Man 2 Black Cat / Felicia Hardy [3]
2005 Shrek SuperSlam Princess Fiona [3]
2006 Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing [3]
2007 Shrek the Third Princess Fiona, Ogre Baby #1, Witch #3 [3]
Shrek: Ogres & Dronkeys Princess Fiona, Ogre Babies [3]
2008Shrek's Carnival Craze Party GamesPrincess Fiona, Puppet Singers [3]
2010 White Knight Chronicles 2 Additional voices [4]
Shrek Forever After Princess Fiona [3]
2011DreamWorks Super Star Kartz [3]
Star Wars: The Old Republic Nadia Grell [3]
2023DreamWorks All-Star Kart RacingPrincess Fiona [3]

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